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y 24,1927. A. D. SKELLY ET AL Re 16,636

FISHING LURE Filed Jan 30. 1926 grvuentoz 6/: 1/ EMS/612 f Reiaued May24, 1927.

v UNITED STATES I Re. 16,636 PATENT OFFICE.

ALLAN n. SIRLLY, or soon: mwaancn, um nav'r-n m. snmmr, or Hawaiian,

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, FISHING LUBE.

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This invention relates to fishing lures and more particularly to adevice of this character which is adapted to simulate in its action themovement of-a frog.

I An important object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which will have a longitudinal rocking movement during itstravel through the water, resulting from the varying speed of itsmovement through the water.

A further object of the invention is to'provide a device of thischaracter, wherein a kicking movement of the leg section of the lure isrovided.

A still further object ofthe invention is to provide novel and improvedmeans for attaching the hooks to the body of the lure and moreparticularly to the manner of at taching the trailing hooks.

These and other objects we attain by the construction shown in theaccompanying drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred embodiment of our invention and wherein Figure 1 is a bottomplan view of a lure constructed in accordance with our invention;

Figure 2 is a similar view of a slightly modified form of the invention;

Figures 3 and 4 are similar views of further modifications;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view throu h the lure shown inFigure 1.

Re errin now more particularly to the 86 drawing, t e lure compnses abody .of any suitable material, but preferably in the form of a platecut to represent in silhouette, the body and legs 11 of a swimming frog.The legs 11 ad acent the body portion are 40 relatively widely spaced,as at 12, and converge rearwardly to a point 13, where they areconnected to one another and from which point they again diverge,lendingv to'the leg section a decussate a pearance, the bight beingrepresented by t e rtion 13. The connection between the a jacent pointsof the legs may be either applied, as at 13, 1n Figure 1, or provided byleaving a connecting bridge 13" in the formation of the lure.

a much greater surface resistance than is presented by the legs 11 dueto the formation of the opening 12. The forward end of the body isprovided with an It will .be noted that the body 10 presents dated.August 3, 1888, Serial No. 84,888, filed January 80, 192 8. Applicationfor reinue filed April 14, 1927. Serial No. 183,886.

eye 14 to which the fishing line 15 may be connected and as the lure isdrawn through the water, unless the movement with which it is drawnthrough the water is absolutely uniform, there Wlll be a tendenc of theleg end of the body to drop as the speed decreases and again raise asthe speed increases, causing a rocking motionof the lure. This tendencyis further increased by attach ing the trailing hooks or hook gang 16 tothe b ght portion 13 between the legs 11, a split rmg 1 being employedfor this purpose.

To further increase the life-like action of the lure, the body thereofis transversely cut as at 18, and the sections thus formed linkedtogether, as at 19, so that the entire body -may have a wabblingmotionof the sections with relation to one another. The transverse sphttin ofthe body may take place within the b0 y proper or at the ends of thelegs ad acent the body, as is found desirable. Additional hooks may beapplied to the body, as at 20, when the lure is to be employed withside-striking fish, such as bass. If desired, the body may be bent uponits longitudinal axis, as more clearly shown in Figure 5, the convexside bein the side opposite that upon which the hoo s 20 are disposed.This bending of the body will tend to cause the hooks 20 to remain atthe lower surface of the body, durin movement of the lure through thewater, wlth the result that they assume somewhat the appearance of thefront legs of the frog. j

Since the structure hereinbefore set forth is obviously capable of acertain rangeof change and modification without materially departingfrom the spirit'of the invention, we do not limit ourselves to suchspecific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

We claim 1. A fish lure comprising a body increasin in width from itsfront end to a point adJacent its rear end and having formed in suchrear end an openin reducing the eflective area of the widene portion ofthe body to a int where it is less than the effective reslstance of thenarrower portions of the body, hooks supported from the body and meansat the forward end of the bod for attaching a fish line thereto.

2. A fish re comprising a body increasin in width from its front end toa point a acent its rear and having formed in ing in width from itsfront end to a ,point' adjacent its rear end and having formed in suchrear end an opening reducing the effective area of the widened portionof the body to a point where it is less than the effective resistance ofthe narrower portions of the body, hooks supported from the body andmeans at the forward end of the body for attaching a fish line thereto,the body being transversely slit at a point intersecting the forward endof the open1ng, the sections formed by the slit belng' plvotallyconnected to one another.

4. A fish lure comprising a body lncreasing in width from its front endto a point adjacent its rear end and having formed in such rear end anopening reducing the effective .area of the widened portion of the bodyto a oint where it is less than the elfective resistance of the narrowerportlons of the body, hooks supported from the body and means at theforward end of the body for attaching a fish line thereto, said bodybeing bent upon its longitudinal axis to render the under surfacethereof concave, the body being transversely slit at a'pointintersecting the forward end of the opening, the sections formed by theslit being pivotally connected to one another.

5. In a fish lure, a body simulating in silhouette a frog, the legportions of the body being connected intermediate their ends and meansupon said connection for mounting thereon a hook, the space between theadjacent faces of the legs at those portions between such connection andthe body being such that the efiective area of the body is reduced toapoint'where the resistance thereof to passage through the water in adirection at right angles to the general plane of the body is less thanthe resistance of the body portion.

6. In a fish lure, a body simulating in silhouette a frog, the legportions of the body being connected intermediate their ends and meansupon said connection for supporting therefrom a hook.

7. In a fish lure, a body simulating in silhouette a frog, the legportions of the body adjacent the body diverging and at a point spacedfrom the body converging and being connected to one another.

8. In a fish lure, a body simulating in silhouette a' frog, the legportions of the body adjacent the body diverging and at a point spacedfrom the body converging and being connected to one another and a hooksupported bysaid connection. I

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signature.

ALLAN D. SKELLY. DAVID M. SKELLY.

